Time and again I run into scenarios where trying to satisfy all the scheduling practice standard guidelines can leave you in a no-win situation. For the purposes of this article I’ll call these Practice Standard Conundrums – that which seeming cannot be solved without violating at least one scheduling practice standard guideline. Today I’m going […]
Displaying the Critical Path of Multiple Open Projects in Primavera P6
It is possible to work on multiple open projects in Primavera P6 at the same time. The question then becomes how do you display the critical path of multiple open projects? The critical path is a key concept in scheduling. It tells you how long your scheduled project will take. But how does Primavera P6 […]
Primavera P6 and Labor Roles
If you are currently unaware of the individual labor resource performing an activity, it is possible in Primavera P6 Professional to assign labor roles to that activity as a place holder until later assignment of an actual labor resource. Resources may be defined for labor, material, and equipment. Labor resources may be actual individuals or […]
Primavera P6 Professional File Transfer Requirements
Are you transferring a Primavera P6 schedule file from one counterpart P6 database to another, most likely from subcontractor to customer? If so, then you will want to establish agreed upon file transfer requirements to control project schedules produced or updated by counterparts. Quite often schedules are transferred between primary and subcontractors from one Primavera […]
Primavera P6 WBS Summary Activity and Deliverable Completion Dates
Primavera P6 Professional may not show the correct completion date of your Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) element or deliverable when filtering activities by start dates. The WBS summary activity, however, rectifies this situation. Using the bars feature it is possible to display a summary bar finish date label. However, when filtering activities via start date […]
Dissolving an Activity in Primavera P6
Is there a way in Primavera P6 Professional to remove an activity and maintain schedule logic continuity? Yes, there is. It’s done by dissolving an activity instead of deleting that activity. Schedules often require updates and changes as the process of envisioning and planning a project comes together in the Primavera P6 Professional scheduling tool. […]
Level Resources within Total Float to Maintain Project Finish Date In Primavera P6
Do you level resources in Primavera P6? Unless you specify otherwise, Primavera P6’s default setting will allow leveling to delay the project finish date. Schedules come with deadlines; it’s one of the challenges of managing a project. So, you really do not want to delay your project more then you have to. It makes sense […]
Primavera P6 – Change Activity ID Prefix
There are differing schedule naming conventions for activity IDs. Do you know how rename your activity ID accordingly, to generate your desired naming convention? Depending on the size of the project schedulers may want to adopt a particular naming convention for their schedule activity IDs. One such naming convention says to prefix the activity ID […]
Primavera P6 Professional and Apply Actuals
If your Primavera P6 schedule executes according to plan then apply actuals may be quick way for you to update the schedule. The apply actuals feature applies actuals entered in the Primavera timesheet system. If the timesheet system is not active, then the apply actuals feature statuses activities with resources as if they proceeded according […]
Monitor Critical Paths to Any Activity in Primavera P6
The Primavera P6 Professional critical path filter displays the critical path through the end of the project. But how do you monitor critical paths into any activity in the schedule? It is readily possible to display the critical path through the last activity in the project. You may, however, have a situation where you want […]